Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-04

Gonefal expenee8S thua. a carriage, &
fFa1es; swords OF plstols. - francs
lnnch, 80 francs; iofal, 1s0 francs
| DnelinR. 500. e q sort Of passport iutl
sooisfy. a sacoessfal dusiist is pettet
BY tha lsdiuas be 10 q heFa wiii
whcm they are nos afraid q lndalainl
IN tha mysteries cf the alcave. fns
Pres.drns of ehe kepnhlie pAfroninsl
the noble ar1 Of Fsscrins. and weekl,
ao1rnau ents By tie crack haedl
takn place af thu Elynee. Specia
repafteFs Who Adops htah- -eoandinl
HoHas - planas snch as s'SpadA. ar
nae," o. Don Qaiehstts.n are enQaeet
20 relate tue feAts Of these oarpsl
knights. 1nsy wax elequent ever fhs
khrus1s propspfs cons1s q ftnlfra Of II
De 1-- and tie irresistible eiegasen al
n. Dc g.. Il must Be added. hos
sseF. that while thera are many fsnd Il
feDcing and shooting for theiF owr
sake there are aiao = Roodly nnmbel
uho have 10 liking e. all for eishef fol
or plstal. bot wao are compelled 10 foi-
low The fashion-
Of the dnelists nov living In Paris
wh0se deeds have created the greatest
sensations amona the public. Paul a
CassaGnao and Henri RocAsfori ART
conspicnsus. Both have to1ght times
cot Of number. Roehefsrt generally
Rets wounded, because be ID too impnl
atse; b1t CassaRnac. fiery as he ia IN ths
trio11s Of the chamber. is aa cool - 4
eaoumbef en- the held, and Il Farsiy
hurt. 1aiB vas the case 6hen the5
fought toRsthsr. II was remarkable
CIsa~S~nas,s annount a. !. A = svs.na
is worth giving: after q vain attampi
20 fight IN Belgium, where the gsndaF-
meEie kept en- our heels, we foand our
selves az last face 10 face outside Paris,
near s. Denis. Il vas The lst of Janu.
aEy, ana snow fell IN large nAkes.
Roehefort Cred and missed me. fred
in reply. RoehefoEt fen. thought be
vas killed, for the bullet struck him
The doctors rushed forward and picked
him np. Bat be vas not deads instead
Of being pisrced throaRh, be lad re-
ceived 0nly violent esntusion. Ths
bullet had devtsted. boa houf The
dootsrs searched. and 81 length foand q
medal Of the Virgin. which some friend
u hand had secretly sewn In the belt Of
bis trousers and which lad saved his
life.n
Another noted duelist is The Oonte ds
Dicn. q swell boulevAFdieT, Who inflicted
the other day an ugly wound on q Jour
nalist who had wFittsa aisrespectfully
Of his approaching marriage 10 Nile.
Marsy, an actress Of the Francala. The
Count formerly refused to try oonclu-
sions with anybody NOS af noble blood.
Arelien Sohail. one of the remaining
Wits of Paris, nastled him IN Q ohroni-
que. Instead Of sending bis seconds 10
him, Bioa went TO Bienonis, where
3choll dimes, and smashed q soda watar
bottle en- his head. Nothing dauated,
3eholl kept up his waapish attacks, and
zoaded him to aach an extent that Dion
vas forced 20 put his nobility IN his
pocket and call him eut. u vas an easy
for the Oonnt Is an aativa, DOW
srlul man, whereas Scholl is weak and
Oiemenoean II also &
handler ef the weapons,
5nt Of late years, sinee be has becoma
he Radical leader Of the Chamber, he
has given up duelinR, aud enly turns
,ut when necessary. Andrieux the D.
itieAl chameleon, 10 another redenbla
Die antagonist, both With sword and
pistol. De nearly killed bis man In biz
asst encounter.
Dagazon and DesessaEts, comedian of
he Franoais, went out one day. The
'oFmeF was q big fat man. the latter
mall and thin. TIE second handsd
ihem the swords. and just As the solemn
'Ailez, messieursl7 bid been uttered.
Dssessaris Suddenly cried out, ''Stop q
inmate; my enemy being more volumin
1us than l am, the chances are not
squal. Let me restore the equilibrium.
And gFavay taking q piece Of chalk
be proceeded to mark aciFcamference on
ihe chest Of DnRazon. There" be sx-
els rinR; all the blows out
tide that must not count" Dngax ln
burst out laughing, and. forgetting his
srongs, threw bis weapon doWR and
hook hands with DesessaFts, declaring
bis honor more than satisfied.
A duel 10 which Sainte- BeuVe vas one
II the principals had q similar ending.
L rained oata and dogs 81 The meeting
The author Of the famous "Lundisn
appeared on the asld with au umbrella
q one hand and q bianderbuss IN the
1ther. 81 don's mind bsine killed." be
Iaid; "but object 20 getting wei"